I am not much of a painter, but I can appreciate the difficulty of infusing color into a dark scene. This could be an example of lighting for some of the telescope companies that come out with images of people using their telecsopes in broad daylight in their ads.

I dig the different positions of the scope, movement overtime but the right hand pointing down across the body, I'd rather see the hand not so distinct and not cross your body, it brings too much attention to it and I don't see a reason why.

Thanks- yeah, I have done this before. Not very common knowledge, but I've been drawing since I could walk, and earned a BFA in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art (class of 96). I've been painting for more than 20 years, but not many with reference to astronomy.

I prefer oils because I can rework areas for days, rather than having to race the drying process of acrylic. When I was in college, acrylics just were not as good as oils, though that certainly has changed in the last decade.